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UBS flags $17 billion hit from Credit Suisse takeover

UBS estimates a negative impact of $13 billion from fair value adjustments of the combined group's assets and liabilities. It also sees $4 billion in potential litigation and regulatory costs...

Drunk man loses USB drives with personal info of 460,000 people

Bad things can happen when you drink and USB drive.

FBI warns hackers are sending USBs infected with ransomware to businesses

The FBI now believe that Russian hackers FIN7, who are behind the Darkside and BlackMatter ransomware operations, are responsible for the operation. According to the US agency, the group’s packages were being...

Clinton Foundation's deal with UBS doesn't impress tax whistleblower

Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, a former UBS private banker, is not impressed with the Clinton Foundation. In his new book, “Lucifer’s Banker,” Birkenfeld recalls how UBS had made relatively small donations...

Why you can't stop your mouse from hacking into your computer

USB devices such as mice, keyboards and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a...

New USB port will be reversible, ending wrong-way plug problem

Angrily poking a cable at a USB port only to realize the plug is the wrong way round is soon to be a distant painful memory with the announcement that...